experiences

by Miles , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Saturday, January 16, 2016, 02:01 (3238 days ago) @ rob
edited by Miles, Saturday, January 16, 2016, 02:06

Mostly nowadays, as long as it's still accurate, I'll use a bore snake, with several drops of CLP on it and run it 2 or 3 times through the bore to remove the powder fouling out and that's about it. I pay more attention to the chamber and action than to the bore.

I believe the most important thing, on an accurate rifle, is to do the same thing, the same way, with the same products, all the time, whatever the technique or product.

That being said.

AK Church once brought over a Remington 700 in .243 that a friend had to sell.
The rifle would only group in the 4"-5" range at 100 yards, even with some handloads known to be extremely accurate in another rifle.

Well, we took an Outers Foul-Out and after a day of cleaning layers of powder and metal fouling out, I shot, with factory Remington ammo, 3/4", center to center, 3 shot groups, 3 times in a row.